dr. crosse. in the past you reported that fda data bases contained incorrect information about foreign drug establishments. what's the reason for this? and is this still the case that they contain incorrect information? >> it is still the case. there are several reasons. you heard paper based registration system that previously existed. now fda has gone to an electronic system which has reduced certain errors of data entry, they still don't have in place a requirement for any sort of unique identifier for a facility. they asked companies now with this electronic registration that they submit a unique identifier, dunn & brad street number they can enter into the system. they cannot require companies to submit that. while many are complying, perhaps some of the ones you most want to have information about may not be complying with that. nevertheless you continue to have other systems that are populating fda databases with incorrect information. when shipments arrive at the border, the customs and b

dr. cross thought he was hitting on something. there were hundreds of thousands of people who were homeless, looking for new places to live in the aftermath of the earthquake and fire. so he thought why not use these old cable cars. it only lasted about 10, 12 years. guess it wasn't a big hit. he built a more conventional apartment building after that to replace it. it really was the 1906 earthquake and fire that sort of spelled the end of carville. you have these hundreds of thousands of people looking for new homes, suddenly displaced. now they might listen to these men and say, look, you were renting before. you don't want to live there. i've got this lot out here, sand dune. but it's $100. you can build a house here for cheap. suddenly, more conventional houses start being built around carville. and some of the stores that kind of started throughout in carville are used by the neighbors. and you start seeing that these conventional homes start pushing out the cars. so we have these cars in the great highway. but behind we have

dr. crosse. in the past you reported that fda data bases contained incorrect information about foreign drug establishments. what's the reason for this? and is this still the case that they contain incorrect information? >> it is still the case. there are several reasons. you heard paper based registration system that previously existed. now fda has gone to an electronic system which has reduced certain errors of data entry, they still don't have in place a requirement for any sort of unique identifier for a facility. they asked companies now with this electronic registration that they submit a unique identifier, dunn & brad street number they can enter into the system. they cannot require companies to submit that. while many are complying, perhaps some of the ones you most want to have information about may not be complying with that. nevertheless you continue to have other systems that are populating fda databases with incorrect information. when shipments arrive at the border, the customs and b

dr. crosse, in the past you reported that f.d.a. data paces, i heard this from others, too, contained incorrect information about foreign drug establishments. what's the reason for this? is this still the case? that they contain incorrect information. >> it is still the case. there are several reasons. you heard the paper-based registration that previously existed. now we have gone to an electronic system which has reduced certain errors of data entry, but they still don't have in place a retirement for any -- requirement for any sort of unique identifier for facility. they ask companies now with electronic registration that they submit a unique identifier. a number that they can enter into the system. they cannot require companies to commit that. while many are complying, perhaps some of the ones you'd most want to have information about may not be complying with that. but nevertheless you continue to have other systems that are populating f.d.a. data bases with incorrect information. when shipments arrive at the border, the custom

we'll start with you, dr. cross. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member enzy and members of the committee. i'm pleased to be here today to discuss oversight of the drug supply chain. gao has issued a number of reports on the challenges we identified in fda's oversite of drugs that are manufactured in other countries for the u.s. market. while fda is making progress, we have concerns about the agency's use of information and the pace at which it is implementing changes. globalization has placed new demands on fda as the pharmaceutical industry has increasingly relied on global supply chains in which each manufacturing step may be outsourced to foreign establishments. in examining these issues, we have particularly focused on the challenges for fda in inspecting these facilities, the limitations on fda's knowledge and information about these facilities and the steps fda is taking to improve the oversight of the supply chain. inspections of foreign drug manufacturer's are an important element of oversight. as we've heard, fda is far from achie

dr. white on crosses? i really think the defense will turn on putting up dr. white. because they've invested so much in that opening statement as to what dr. white is going to say, and dr. white is the only person i think that can get around the elephant in the room, which is, can you give or administer propofol in a home setting at a standard that is kind of, according to reasonable medical standards, and that may be for the doctor but i think that is going to be the biggest hurdle the defense has to get over. >> sanjay, from every doctor we've heard from, that seems to be a no, the idea that propofol would be administered in a home setting, just stuns people. >> it does. i think dr. white is someone well known with his work with propofol. i think he would be really hard-pressed to say it was okay to do this in a home setting, let alone he didn't have monitoring equipment that was adequate, resuscitation equipment that was adequate that a patient was not monitor. even if you allowed the home setting, which i don't think he will, the other three things i think made i

dr. white on cross? i really think this case will turn on the defense will turn on putting up dr.. because they've invested so much in that opening statement as to what dr. white is going to say, and dr. white is the only person, i think, that can get around the elephant in the room, which is, can you give or administer propofol in a home setting at a standard that is kind of according to reasonable medical standards, and that may be for the doctor, but that, i think, that is going to be the biggest hurdle the defense has to get over. >> sanjay, from every doctor we've heard from, that seems to be a no, the idea that propofol would be administered in a home setting just stuns people. >> it does. and i think dr. white is someone well known with his work with propofol. i think he would be really hard-pressed to say it was okay to do this in a home setting, let alone the home setting, he didn't have monitoring equipment that was adequate, resuscitation equipment that was adequate that a patient was not monitored. even if you allowed the home setting, which i don't think he will, thos

involving her boss, the cook would send a 12-year-old boy to help, so was the defense, on cross examination. >> you saw drmurray frantic, eyes wide, yelling. did you think that a 12-year-old child is going to be able to assist this doctor with a problem with michael? >> i did what i was told. >> you did what? >> i did what i was told and i went to get prince. >> reporter: and she, like dr. murray, did not call 911. who did? >> please state your name for the record. >> alberto alvarez. >> reporter: alberto alvarez may be the key witness in this case. bodyguard, head of the advance team and first in the room where dr. conrad murray was desperately working to bring their boss back to life. it was alvarez who finally called for an ambulance. >> we have a gentleman here that needs help and he's not breathing. he's not breathing. >> where is he at right now? >> he's on the bed. >> let's get him on the floor. >> reporter: for the prosecution, alvarez makes it clear the doctor was not doing cpr correctly, pumping his chest on the soft surface of jackson's bed, instead of the floor. and he puts dr. murray firmly i

dr. petit on the stand testifying being cross examined, i'm sure your eyes are also darting over to joshuarance while dr. petit was on the stand? >> he's a very engaged defendant. he is looking at the prompter. he's looking at the projector rather. he's looking at dr. petit as he testifies. one interesting thing to note is that his father is in the courtroom today. and it's fascinating because steven hayes didn't really have anyone there to support him. they've smiled at each other and our in session camera man, we saw his father leaving the courtroom. our camera man asked him how do you feel and in response, he asked him, how would you feel. his family is there and i think that adds a different dynamic and one quick thing. jennifer hawk petit's father also spoke to the father and there was a bit of compassion between the two men, so a very emotional day between the two men. >> we'll check back in with you tomorrow. thank you so much and thank you for watching. time to turn things over to wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right now. wolf? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

and he said now reporting they had to talk more on the outcome of this meeting we cross live to dr patrick fuller who's experience in science and technology projects between the u.k. and russia. thanks so much for being with us patrick here on r t the same turn of the press conference given by medvedev and cameron was friendly and optimistic but just tell significant has this been for british business. well it's good to see that kind of light hearted note. the end and i really do hope that this signifies an ability to move on from the look of our business and really put a reset relations between the two countries as i understand it and i haven't seen the press conference coverage yet today but as i understand it they're announcing something like three hundred million pounds worth of business between britain and russia and that's got to be that's got to be good news because prime ministers like to go back with this kind of news it's all very very good public city for power and himself but i think this is this is a positive sign the proof of the pudding of course will be as we say in the eat

dr. petit. he was even cross-examined today, anderson, and he was not cross-examined by the first defense team.ne him carefully, but they are trying to cast doubt on his testimony, making it seem like maybe he's piecing together the story from testimony that he's heard at other trials or both trials, right? >> right. absolutely. and defense attorneys gain absolutely nothing by attacking this man. that will just make them look bad in the eyes of the jury. but what they did kind of do is question whether in fact it's really what he experienced, what he's recollecting and what he's saying is what he experienced or whether he's filling in certain holes or gaps with testimony that he got from the first trial. so they're trying to undermine it a little. they brought out the fact that dr. petit had been interviewed four times immediately after this tragedy by police officers. and the fourth time he said, quote, the defense said your memory, you told them your memory was becoming less clear. and dr. petit acknowledged that that was the fact. but he also said, look, i have testified to the best of my ab

i think the biggest problem with the defense is going to be on cross examination of dr. white.him, you know, do you give propofol? do you think it's the standard of care to give it in your house? that's the problem they have to deal with. >> sanjay, you back in 2009, you tracked down another one of michael jackson's doctors who had traveled on tour with him, according to sources that you had spoken with, that back then he gave michael jackson propofol. listen to what he had to say. >> we've come here because your name was obviously associated with michael jackson and people said that there was a question of whether or not you gave anesthesia to him while he was on tour. we just wanted to come to the source, you, here and find out if that had happened? >> i'm very upset. i'm distraught. michael was a good person. i can't talk about it right now. it's really something i don't want to talk about right now. i lost a friend and i feel very badly about that. >> do we have sanjay any idea just how far back jackson's struggles with or use of propofol went? >> well, you know, i don't kn

dr. petit. he was even cross-examined today, anderson, and he was not cross-examined by the first defense team.-examine him carefully, but they are trying to cast doubt on his testimony, making it seem like maybe he's piecing together the story from testimony that he's heard at other trials or both trials, right? >> right. absolutely. and defense attorneys gain absolutely nothing by attacking this man. that will just make them look bad in the eyes of the jury. but what they did kind of do is question whether in fact it's really what he experienced, what he's recollecting and what he's saying is what he experienced or whether he's filling in certain holes or gaps with testimony that he got from the first trial. so they're trying to undermine it a little. they brought out the fact that dr. petit had been interviewed four times immediately after this tragedy by police officers. and the fourth time he said, quote, the defense said your memory, you told them your memory was becoming less clear. and dr. petit acknowledged that that was the fact. but he also said, look, i have testified to the best of

regional isolation is that so prime minister arrives on a visit to egypt there's some cross alive an hour to cairo where dr john marshall tun from the center for political and strategic studies joins us live many thoughts of being with us here on r.t. so why is it only now that we're seeing this growing sense of anger against israel and its policies in the region do you think. well there was a time particularly in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. we were in the high expectations for peace and reconciliation in the region but since in things are not going to the right direction now we see a reason that isn't a turning point a turning point in which the people have a bigger say in politics and the making of foreign policy and we have seen the impact of that in the streets of cairo last friday in the attack on the israeli embassy so what we see now is a kind of a surge in an angry feelings against israel because of its continuous. only see over gloating. right so the other hand of course it is also writing music and changes that even. certain ideological movements are on the rise and those movements. are no

as cross live now to jerusalem to talk to dr nimrod goren the founder of the israelis to regional foreign policies for more on this and many has being with us here dr coren so how bad in your opinion is this downgrade in diplomatic relations and military cooperation for turkey israel relations. relation has and paul is in use in peals but this whole relationship to a totally different and an already level diplomatic relations will be and can always be have been in the last twenty or more years among the community relations be shoved down the matter of fact. and basically all cooperation with our for so deal of the exactly the situation could the on going negotiations of the past month between these are intricately with a really good review. to avoid and unfortunately it's a very bad news for israel turkish relations there but widening the sell what does it mean for the region's politics considering that the major arab states are already weakened by the wave of uprisings. basically the idea presented an opportunity for israel to mend its relations with turkey turkey moving from its allianc

against president assad's regime which they've already sanctioned for more let's cross live to neighboring jordan now to talk to dr paul fix shamal professor at philadelphia university dr show many thoughts of being with us here on r.t. a desperate situation as we've been saying in syria reports of over two thousand now dead a result of the conflict but the solution to it all is hard to find is not moscow's urging action and directing both sides into talks the aim being to prevent a repeat of the libyan scenario but how likely do you think nato intervention is at this point. good evening. thank you for inviting me. i think the libyan tsunami is a very difficult to be repeated in syria for many reasons fears that the russians have learned their lesson from libya and they will not give. western powers any. united nations resolution to act in syria as the simple model for syria have in the last five six months changed a lot they defaced country in the arab regime arab countries that. emergency law and they substituted it with official law since the beginning of the uprising in syria. moreover these trees many other l

and also the defense is about to cross-examine dr.hat was something that they had wanted to limit the testimony today in describing his life before the home invasion. they lost that bid. the doctor just telling jurors about his life before this home invasion. he had a home that is no longer standing, an occupation he no longer practices and a family he no longer has. more to come throughout th day. jon? jon: it is just awful to hear all of those details. laura ingle who's covering that trial for us live, thank you. jenna: it's a historic day for the u.s. military. the government repealing its long-standing policy of don't ask, don't tell allowing gay and lesbian members of the armed forces to serve openly, including this couple who wed just moments after the ban was lifted. so how is the defense dealing with this change? jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more on this. hi, jen. >> reporter: hi, jenna. the the admiral will take questions today at 2 p.m. at the pentagon. there has been celebrations, and in the marine corps ti

reporter: prosecutors say murray was cleaning up evidence and under cross-examination he did not tell police about the vials immedia death. >> dr conrad murray asked if anyone knew cpr. >> reporter: prosecutors argued murray did not know how to conduct cpr. >> he was using one hand sir. >> reporter: jurors and jackson's family sat through testimony. and paris realized something was wrong. >> dr. conrad murray said don't let them, don't let them see their dad like this. don't let them see their dad like this. and i proceeded to turn around to the children, and kind of ushered them out and said, kids, don't worry, we will take care of it, everything is going to be okay. >> reporter: andrew spencer, abc 2 news. >>> so if you want to follow michael jackson's trial for the former doctor, conrad murray, there is an app to do, it it is topping the best-selling paid news app. according to the new york times, if you get the app, a breaking news alert, a live video stream from the trial and reports from news correspondents on the scene. and 6:34. news around the nation. this morning, terrifying moments for parents and kids outside a flor

under cross-examination he acknowledged his company is being sued by jackson's mother for negligence supervision of dr. later an attorney for the concert promoter testified that dr. murray asked for lifesaving equipment days before the pop superstar's death. today is the second day of the trial. dr. murray mass pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. -- murray faces up to four years in prison and also of his medical license, if convicted. >>> this morning the consumer products safety commission says two million little tykes workshop and tool sets are being recalled. the playsets have oversized plastic toy nails that might cause children to choke. the products were sold nationwide between 1990 and 2004. a long time. expansion of a 2009 recall. for more information on the numbers being recalled go to our website abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> reebok offering 25 million dollars in refunds to customers who brought its toning shoes and clothes. the chain claimed wearing e-z tone or run tone shoes firmed and strengthened legs and glutes more than regular shoes. the ftc says the claim are unsub

under cross-examination he acknowledged his company is being sued by jackson's mother for negligence supervision of drmurray. later an attorney for the concert promoter testified that dr. murray asked for lifesaving equipment days before the pop superstar's death. today is the second day of the trial. dr. murray mass pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. -- murray faces up to four years in prison and also of his medical license, if convicted. >>> this morning the consumer products safety commission says two million little tykes workshop and tool sets are being recalled. the playsets have oversized plastic toy nails that might cause children to choke. the products were sold nationwide between 1990 and 2004. a long time. expansion of a 2009 recall. for more information on the numbers being recalled go to our website abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> reebok offering 25 million dollars in refunds to customers who brought its toning shoes and clothes. the chain claimed wearing e-z tone or run tone shoes firmed and strengthened legs and glutes more than regular shoes. the ftc says the claim are

laurie sounds like a cross between an infatuated lover and a geek. there's a dr.god. >> reporter: he was connected with your project. >> he was. >> reporter: dr. john is one of several new orleans legends who performed with laurie on the album. >> we recorded this one. he was only there a couple of hours. but i went out into the parking lot. i got into my car. i went. i sat at the wheel of my car and i went. it was such an overwhelming moment. >> reporter: you see muddy waters. you see this whole array of jazz people. what does that represent to you? >> just a great ocean of pleasure. (announcement over the inter-come) >> i'll be there in a second. >> reporter: when an opportunity to be funny arises, hugh laurie can't help himself. >> what i always say is, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, shoot it. >> reporter: in england he and actor/writer steven fry made their names as a comedy duo. >> are you completely stupid? >> yes. >> reporter: laurie's specialty? silly, foppish or it achris toe karats. >> the sort of clowning that i tended towards was a defens

. >> reporter: on cross- examination, he asked johnson whether the device could be used for ten or fifteen minutes with a doctor present. >> perhaps. >> reporter: dr. murray faces four years in prison if convicted of involuntary man slaughter ken disgibson eyewitness news. >>> michael jackson died in 2009 while rehearsing for a come back tour. stay with us for the latest in the courtroom. >>> they found a navel victim guilty of rape if convicted in the crime prosecutors said edmond raped a female classmate, he said the sex was won sensual and will be expelled from the navel academy. the legal definition of rape may be changing in years they are now trying to add more to the charge and some may fine this subject matter disturbing. >> reporter: advocacies say it is too reggie to seek justice and now the push for change is for baltimore. for the first time in nearly a century, the fbi is moving to change the federal definition of rape which critics blasted as or kay i can. they are saying forceable peanut nile penetration of a me female involving anal or oral where victims were drugged under the influence of alcohol and male victims. a member of the

is society crossing a threshold to a more accepting attitude? i put those questions to human behavior expert drk our culture is continuing to become more and more enlightened. every once in a while when one person is brave enough to step into the limelight and represent a variation of the human species, it's a great thing for all of us. >> it's clearly, i think, correct me if i'm wrong, it's a moment for transpeople, for -- at least for the world if not america here with "dancing with the stars" to learn about them and the issues they face. >> it's a great opportunity to learn about them. and one of the lessons is that there really is a third gender. but that third gender isn't one thing. it's a catchall for a host of physiological, chromosomeal variations. >> chaz bono has received a lot of hateful comments. we've seen all the stories on it. why do you think people may have such an extreme reaction when it comes to gender or transgendered people? >> because it's scary to some people. when people are different, it feels frightening. people like to know the rulebook, the playing field, how life

dr. rivlin pointed out, the study suggested that you cross this threshold which is and you're going to get interest rate effects. we're not seeing that today. but there is an effect. and that effect is on bad uncertainty. the american people are worried. now, we may think they should be worried, we may think she shouldn't be worried, they are worried and that worry is bad uncertainty, it's a bad uncertainty that's draining the confidence, draining the vitality out of our economy. so it does matter, but not for the reasons that the study suggested. >> you raised a point, let's take the first stimulus. the money has been spent, correct? pretty much all of it. whatever stimulus we got is gone now. what are permanent costs of that $825 billion expenditure right now? >> well, you're going to -- the carrying costs, the service costs from the interest. so that is quantifiable. then there's the relatively unquantifiable which is the impediment that this bad uncertainty creates in making decisions that would result in a stronger economy. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator. >> chairman, thank you v

. >> but during cross- examination, the defense asked johnson whether the device could be used for 10 or 15 minutes with a doctor present. >> perhaps. >> dr. murray faces four years in prison if convicted of involuntary manslaughter. and he said that he had no idea initially that the patient that he described as being very skinny was the king of pop, michael jackson. court continues with a second paramedic on the stand. live in los angeles, kendis gibson. >> what a sad end. thank you. >>> all right. i heard you mention the word changes for the weekend. are these changes for the better or changes that are going to disappoint me? >> a little pressure. >> probably going to disappoint you. here is the deal. we know it will be chilly, more like november than october. but instead of showers and sprinkles, light rain and showers. wetter. >> wetter. >> if you think it's cloudy and wetter this september, you are correct. we will be in 5th place all time the wettest september downtown or at national. the all time record is 1934. there is an asterisk because that is the wettest month ever, 17 inches. so, yes, we will go down in history, number 5, 20

dr. murray. there could have been, i think, tougher cross-examination 'cause i watched several hours of this trialt they were doing. >> gretchen: too bad inbe abling is not a crime, just yet. peter johnson, jr., stick around, because we'll be back in two minutes am >> steve: take a look at this. it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, taking a plunge. a bridal party fell into sugar loaf lake in michigan, even the bride was knee deep in water. they were taking pictures by the lake when kaboom, they all fell in. >> gretchen: all right. log on for our after the show show because we're going to be talking more about the michael jackson case with peter johnson, jr. have a great day, everyone.

dr. rivlin pointed out the studies suggested that you cross the threshold which is proximate, and you get a good interest rate so we are not seeing that today. it's not a mechanism of which there's an effect that there is an effect and that is on about uncertainty. the american people are worried. we may think they should be worried and we may think they shouldn't be worried. they are worried and that is that uncertainty. it's a bad uncertainty and training of the vitality of our economy. so it does matter but not for reasons suggested. >> you raised the point let's take the first stimulus. the money has been spent, correct? >> every stimulus we got is gone now. what are the permanent costs of the $825 billion expenditure right now? >> as the carrying cost of the service cost from the interest so that is certainly quantifiable and then there's the unquantifiable, which is the end pediment that there is that uncertainty making the decisions the would result in the stronger economy. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator. >> senator begich? >> chairman, thank you very much. i actually want to

dr. rivlin pointed out the studies suggested that you cross the threshold which is proximate, and you get a good interest rate so we are not seeing that today. it's not a mechanism of which there's an effect that there is an effect and that is on about uncertainty. the american people are worried. we may think they should be worried and we may think they shouldn't be worried. they are worried and that is that uncertainty. it's a bad uncertainty and training of the vitality of our economy. so it does matter but not for reasons suggested. >> you raised the point let's take the first stimulus. the money has been spent, correct? >> every stimulus we got is gone now. what are the permanent costs of the $825 billion expenditure right now? >> as the carrying cost of the service cost from the interest so that is certainly quantifiable and then there's the unquantifiable, which is the end pediment that there is that uncertainty making the decisions the would result in the stronger economy. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator. >> senator begich? >> chairman, thank you very much. i actually want to

dr. murray if jackson had an underlying condition. >> he said nothing. >> reporter: he testified murray was being evasive. >> i said anything else? was there anything else. he said that was it. >> reporter: under cross-examination, murray was not being evasive. >> he was buzz si and multitasking at that time. >> reporter: they offered information about why he didn't tell about the other drugs right away. >> you were asked if he was on recreational drugs, correct? >> i don't know if i asked that. it's a common question i ask. >> reporter: several attempts to resuscitate jackson failed. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. he testified when he arrived at jackson's house, he didn't know the man on the bed was the king of pop himself. >> back here in the washington area, in just a few hours, the calendar will say october and the weather will say big chill. >> yes, it will. doug kammerer is here to tell us how cool it's going to get tomorrow. >> interesting for the first day of october. it's going to bring in the coolest day we have seen since april. high temperatures in the 50s for some locations. 73 degrees with winds out of the west-northwest at 12 miles per hour. we are dealing

dr. murray if jackson had an underlie condition. he said nothing. that didn't add up to me. >> reporter: he said murray was evasive. >> i asked is there anything else, anything else? >> no, that's it. >> reporter: under cross-examination, they showed murray wasn't being evasive at all. >> it's fair to say he was busy and multitasking at the time? >> yes. >> reporter: they offered insight of why he didn't tell about the other drugs right away. >> you asked dr. murray if he was on recreational drugs, correct? >> i don't remember if i asked that or not. that's a common question i ask. >> reporter: several attempts to resuscitate jackson failed. he was officially pronounced dead at the hospital. he testified when he first got to the jackson home, he didn't realize the sickly looking patient on the bed was actually michael jackson. that is the latest live. here from downtown los angeles, back to you. >> thank you. >>> he was born in america and one of the nation's most wanted terrorists. tonight, a top al qaeda leader is dead, killed in a drone strike in yemen. >> he directed a failed attempt to blow up an airplane on christmas day in 2009. he directed a failed attempt to blow up u.s. cargo planes in 2010. he r

dr. rivlin pointed out the studies suggested that you cross the threshold which is proximate, and you get a good interest rate so we are not seeing that today. it's not a mechanism of which there's an effect that there is an effect and that is on about uncertainty. the american people are worried. we may think they should be worried and we may think they shouldn't be worried. they are worried and that is that uncertainty. it's a bad uncertainty and training of the vitality of our economy. so it does matter but not for reasons suggested. >> you raised the point let's take the first stimulus. the money has been spent, correct? >> every stimulus we got is gone now. what are the permanent costs of the $825 billion expenditure right now? >> as the carrying cost of the service cost from the interest so that is certainly quantifiable and then there's the unquantifiable, which is the end pediment that there is that uncertainty making the decisions the would result in the stronger economy. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator. >> senator begich? >> chairman, thank you very much. i actually want to

dr. murray? >> well, the problem is that a lot of the kind of b-roll that's being played in the media from that trial is just the prosecution's direct testimony. when the cross-examination came up, the defense made quite a few points and so i'm not so sure the public getting the package that is are being shown on tv are -- >> give me some of the points. give me some of the points you would like to see out there. >> for one, they went -- well, i don't know that i'd like to see. i just think that it's a -- probably a fairer representation rg the cross-examination where this guy did not come up with any of these statements until months later, until after he consulted with a lawyer. in fact, in his lawyer's office. that everything that he claims that he saw happen, happened in less than a minute which is kind of strains credibility and in addition to that, that the initial statements that he made didn't contain any of this. and then that last question that you just saw, i'm still scratching my head here as to why the judge allowed that in and the defense didn't object to it. what it's done to his life is absolutely irrelevant. shouldn't have been admissible to b

on cross-examination, defense attorney ed chernoff tried to cast doubt on alvarez's timeline, hoping to show dr have his priorities in order. >> isn't it actually likely that when you talk about things being put away, it was after the paramedics came and before you went to the hospital? >> no, sir. >> reporter: alvarez told the jury jackson did not appear to be alive, even as they struggled to save him. he also said he noticed something peculiar on his body. >> i recall seeing what appeared to be a plastic bag or some sort of -- you know, medical device like that. and it was on his penis. >> reporter: what he saw is called a condom catheter, something that would allow michael jackson to sleep for long periods and not have the to get up to use the bathroom. this pokes hole notice defense theory that jackson got up when dr. murray left the room, downed eight lorazepam pills, and then returned and gave himself the fatal dose of propofol, not realizing the mix would kill him. randi kaye, cnn, los angeles. >>> want to go to president obama who is making statements this is out of fort myer, virginia.

crossed the border has grown since 2007. >>> he made his way to the top on "american idol." i'm talking about casey abrams. dr.njay gupta met up with this star to talk about his condition. here is this week's "the human factor." >> you may remember casey on "american idol." >> i was just studying music in college. i was getting stomach cramps, carrying my bass from one side of the campus to another wore me out. hi no energy. >> he was diagnosed with inflammatory bowl disease. it can destroy the lining of the intestines and increase your chance of colon cancer. >> to be honest, it was a kick in the butt. >> but casey was not about to let it get in the way of his musical career. >> it got worse and i felt like hi to keep fighting and fighting. i felt like the little engine that could. >> the top 24, that is, on "american idol." it was a dream come true but his fight wasn't over. just days before his first television performance. casey was rushed to the hospital. >> i'm out of the competition. that's all i'm thinking. the disease has won. and i'm defeated. >> but casey returned and he returned to the show working

dr. murray, from all i've seen, he would fight me on that. really afraid of the stand. so you'd really have to take him through mock crossions, bring other attorneys in to cross him, to see how he does. to see how he'll stand up under a grueling cross-examination from walgren, the district attorney. how good a cross-examiner? that's one of the things i consider before i put my client on the stand. how good is this d.a.? is he just good at direct? because mostly they do direct because a lot of people don't put their clients on the stand. but how good is he on cross? i'd want to find that out. if he was an excellent cross-examiner, i'd maybe rethink whether i'd put him on or not. but my inclination in this case, put him on, prepare him, get him ready and that may be your only chance in this case. might be your only chance. >> we'll see if he does that in the days and certainly weeks ahead. michael cardoza, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> we're going to take a quick break. we'll be right back with more live coverage from los angeles. >>> welcome back. here is a look at the headlines and some other news you may have